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acl_entries.3
ACL_ENTRIES(3) Library Functions Manual ACL_ENTRIES(3)

NAME
acl_entries — return the number of entries in an ACL

LIBRARY
Linux Access Control Lists library (libacl, -lacl).

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <acl/libacl.h>

int
acl_entries(acl_t acl);

DESCRIPTION
The acl_entries() function returns the number of ACL entries that are contained in the ACL referred to by the ar‐
gument acl.

RETURN VALUE
The acl_entries() function returns the number of entries in acl if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned
and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
If any of the following conditions occur, the acl_entries() function returns -1 and sets errno to the correspond‐
ing value:

[EINVAL] The argument acl is not a valid pointer to an ACL.

STANDARDS
This is a non-portable, Linux specific extension to the ACL manipulation functions defined in IEEE Std 1003.1e
draft 17 (“POSIX.1e”, abandoned).

SEE ALSO
acl(5)

AUTHOR
Written by Andreas Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>.

Linux ACL March 23, 2002 ACL_ENTRIES(3)